Unusual Uses For Wine List Offers Tips For Home And Health (PHOTOS)

From EcoSalon:

Wine is more than just a social platform.

You pop the cork on that 2004 Bordeaux that you've been saving for a special occasion, only to find that it's gone so tart and vinegary, even the most ardent wino wouldn't touch it. Don't pour it out!

You could use it to trap flies, dye fabric, clean the counter top and make your skin glow. Try these unusual uses for spoiled or leftover wine, and learn a few enticing reasons to knock back a glass of the good stuff at least once a day.

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Comments

[WarrenPease]

12:16 PM on 11/07/2011

Life is too short to drink bad wine.

[mataylor16]

12:58 PM on 11/03/2011

Surplus wine is one of the few problems rarely experienced in my house.

[hman570]

09:40 AM on 11/03/2011

A good wine with dinner is always something to be enjoyed!! Didn't know about a lot of the listed items that wine can do, but I will still enjoy it in cooking and drinking!! Here's to all!!!

[markinmissouri]

01:16 AM on 11/06/2011

im a guy that likes his hard liquor, whiskey, tequilla, and vodka. i like beer first. BUT when i have a steak i usually like it medium rare with nothing but salt, UNLESS you are a good italian cook that can make steak chianti or marsalas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO OTHER STEAK can compare. sadly my city just lost our best italian restaurant.

[hman570]

08:18 AM on 11/06/2011

I am Italian 100%, and a pretty good cook as I am told. I still make most of my pasta at home and yes I love my stake as well. I am sorry that you lost your best Italian restaurant, I have found several that are very good around where I live. I don't drink much anymore but still enjoy my wine with dinner!! Food was ment to be enjoyed and you seem like a man that knows good food and has great tates!! That is what life is all about sir, enjoy and take care!!

[davide463]

09:28 AM on 11/03/2011

I find it almost impossible to cook without wine. Always have a glass in hand when stiring the stew.
:o) Cheers!!

[WarrenPease]

12:08 PM on 11/07/2011

It worked for Julia Child.

[davide463]

09:24 AM on 11/03/2011

What on Earth is "leftover wine"?

[ontariogirl]

07:40 PM on 11/02/2011

Makes a great sauce for a meat fondue. That paired with a cheese fondue. Mmmmm..........

[lambdin1]

01:40 PM on 11/02/2011

I fell into a vat of red wine the other day. Now I'm ten years younger and my skin is so soft. I'm also smarter now and I'm looking for an Astin-Martin to restore!

[ontariogirl]

07:38 PM on 11/02/2011

Dang your lucky!

[lambdin1]

10:03 PM on 11/02/2011

Hic...tanks!!!!!!!!!

[Karl Wilder]

01:22 PM on 11/02/2011

Removing oil stains from the driveway...finally a use for that Yellowtail Chardonnay given me at Christmas. I found the Shiraz removes rust stains from the toilet bowl.

[fshrmn]

10:44 PM on 11/04/2011

Fascinating. Yellowtail Chardonney is either loved or despised. Personally, I love it. There are things about wine we still do not understand. I claim wine is somewhat like perfume, agreeable for one but not for another.

[WarrenPease]

12:13 PM on 11/07/2011

Their Merlot is, quite possibly, the worst wine I have ever tasted. On the nose, it was cough syrup that had been left in the back of the cabinet for several years and wet, rusty metal. On the pallette, YTM was flat, lifeless, one-dimensional, clinical and had less body than bottled water.

[Sedimentblog]

12:10 PM on 11/02/2011

In the UK, we enjoy using it to get inebriated, which seems to constitute an unusual use of wine for most Americans...

http://www.sedimentblog.com

[natal plum]

12:39 PM on 11/02/2011

Yeah, the main purpose of wine over here is having something to hand to the host of a party or dinner party. Nobody actually drinks the stuff.

[davide463]

09:27 AM on 11/03/2011

Yep...It is deffinitely a drink in the UK and not a cleaner. They have bleach for that stuff.

[jsgaetano]

12:02 PM on 11/02/2011

Using vinegar to clean vegetables is far cheaper than using wine, and works just as well.

[abudotcom]

11:28 AM on 11/02/2011

I Love To Cook With Wine, Sometimes I Put It In The Food... :-)